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From Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent at Balaclava, to Alexander Kinglake, 29 Dec. 1854 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8812/69

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Until his hut comes from Constantinople, he is in a tent formerly Sir C. Colebrooke's, with five pregnant Tatar women, interpreters, and insects; suspicion that it is not intended to take Sebastopol; people talk about Lord Raglan in a surprising way; 'Miss Palmer a great heiress', when she arrived, was at once summoned to lunch, but Lord Raglan never asked about the condition of the sick in hospital

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  • Creation: 29 Dec. 1854 (Circa)

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